In addition, the app offers interactive tools such as a trajectory calculator to determine vertical and horizontal angles. Other tools allow officers to save and export crime scene GPS coordinates and addresses, as well as record the weather information at the scene.

Users can record, play and export crime scene audio notes. There is also an option to activate a light to use the phone as a flashlight.

CSI Connect is available for Apple and Android devices. It is available through the iTunes Store and Google Play Store for $6.99.

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"Drone technology will give our cops and their incident commanders an opportunity to see what they're getting into before they go into harm's way," NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan said Tuesday. "This can now get us a lot closer into areas that a helicopter wouldn't be able to get into.”